Saturday, January 3, 2015

TERROR ASSAULTER: O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror) will be published as a graphic novel by Fantagraphics. It will come out in the fall of 2015. Below is the press release:

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Fantagraphics Teams Up With Benjamin Marra To Explode Your
Head Off

JANUARY 2, 2015, SEATTLE, WA—Fantagraphics Books is proud to
announce the acquisition of Benjamin Marra’s TERROR ASSAULTER: O.M.W.O.T. (One
Man War On Terror), to be released in the Fall 2015 season. Cartoonist Benjamin
Marra brilliantly satirizes America’s obsession with justice — and disinterest
in consequences — via a highly stylized, hyper-masculine style that evokes
1980s independent comics and, to a lesser extent, the blissfully ignorant
aesthetics of 1990s Image Comics like Todd McFarlane’s Spawn and Rob Liefeld’s
Youngblood. Gushing with violence, sex, and international politics, TERROR
ASSAULTER batters down the boundaries between psychedelia, political
commentary, and aggressive expressionism.

TERROR ASSAULTER: O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror) is a
graphic novel about a man on a mission for the greatest nation on earth:
America! He must defeat Terror at all costs, as long as it leaves time for
steamy dates with hot chicks. The man’s codename is O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On
Terror) and he is a walking punching fist, shooting gun, and fucking cock. He
is the world’s greatest protector. He is a villain’s worst nightmare.

“Benjamin Marra’s comics have a real visceral energy to them
that I find very alluring,” explains Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric
Reynolds. “I’ve been a fan for a number of years and I’m glad my badgering him
to do a book with us finally wore him down. In an era when torture has become a
mere policy issue rather than a human rights abuse, sometimes you just need to
underscore the absurdity of it all, and Terror Assaulter delivers in spades.”

“I’m beyond thrilled to have my first long-form comic book
narrative to find a home with Fantagraphics, a publisher with an unparalleled
legacy in the medium,” says cartoonist Benjamin Marra. “With TERROR ASSAULTER:
O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror) I hope to create a story readers will never
forget, alter American foreign policy forever and shatter human civilization.
But let’s just say...I hope those who take the time to read it are entertained
above all else.”

Benjamin Marra is the controversial and influential creator
of the comic books Night Business, Gangsta
Rap Posse, The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd (A Work of
Satire and Fiction), Lincoln Washington: Free Man!, and Blades & Lazers.
Marra has been compared to pulpy comics stylists like Paul Gulacy and Jim Steranko,
as well as underground comix legends like R. Crumb and Spain Rodriguez, and
even the Beat writers. His art is beyond the cutting edge; his work is in the
cut itself.

Marra received a B.F.A. in Illustration from Syracuse University;
studied in Florence, Italy; and earned his M.F.A. degree in Illustration from
the School of Visual Arts. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, where he
draws comics and is a designer for the MLB Advanced Media.